Topband: The Remote Question

[Art Snapper]

Remote stations should be operated in the assisted class during contests..


As far as DXCC, how about an endorsement for all stations who earned it
using only their local station?

My $0.02

Art NK8X
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On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Doug Renwick <ve5ra at sasktel.net> wrote:

> I consider it another form of cheating.  Regardless of what the ARRL says.
> Since when has the ARRL - DXCC been a bastion of ethics?  IMO ARRL ethics
> is
> an oxymoron.
>
> Without inserting politics into the discussion, all one has to do is look
> at
> what is going in the world around us and it is clear the ARRL has fallen
> into the same game plan.  Me, me, me and mini me.
>
> What amazes me is all these 'cheaters' or 'cheater cheerleaders'
> voluntarily
> admitting to cheating.  The contest committees need to study this effect to
> get contest cheaters to admit to cheating on their own volition.
>
> Doug
>
> Generation of idiots - smart phones and dumb people.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
>
>
> I just did a quick perusal of the current DXCC rules. If I understand them
> correctly:
>
> 1. Another ham can operate my station, using my call, and the contacts
> count
> towards my DXCC.
>
> 2. I can go to his station, sign my call, and the contacts count towards my
> DXCC.
>
> So...the station doesn't matter and the operator doesn't matter. What the
> heck
> matters anymore?
>
> 73, Roger
>
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